For people who have a hard time thinking outside the box, a desk is likely a piece of furniture.
That definition might not work for Kansas City jazz musician and educator Bobby Watson.
Watson is the first William D. and Mary Grant/Missouri endowed professor of jazz studies and director of jazz studies at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. After 20 years of being in that role, he plans to retire from academia at the end of the 2019-20 school year.